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Why Should I Trust You?Author: Brinda Adhikari, Tom Johnson, Maggie Bartlett, Dr. Mark Abdelmalek
Bold, unfiltered, and uncompromisingly honest, Why Should I Trust You? is a weekly podcast that looks at the breakdown in trust for science and public health. It drops every Thursday, with occasional additional special episodes sprinkled in. Hosted by Brinda Adhikari, the former executive producer of The Problem with Jon Stewart and a former TV news journalist; Tom Johnson, the former executive producer of The Circus, and also a former TV news journalist; Dr. Maggie Bartlett, a virologist and assistant research professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; and Dr. Mark Abdelmalek a skin cancer surgeon, a medical journalist and a dermatologist practicing in Philadelphia - each week we try to figure out what is behind this staggering collapse in trust and see if we can rebuild towards trust again. Language: en-us Genres: News, News Commentary, Science Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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The Most MAHA Democrat We've Met: A Conversation w Former Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) On A New Politics in America
Episode 25
Thursday, 7 May, 2026
Tim Ryan, the moderate, 10-term Democratic congressman from Ohio's Rust Belt, has pushed for a different conversation for years: one that reimagines America’s approach to food and health.Long before it had a name, Ryan was championing many of the ideas now fueling the “MAHA” movement: nutritious, “real” food (he wrote The Real Food Revolution back in 2014), regenerative agriculture, openness to alternative therapies, and a reassessment of the unhealthy systems taxpayer dollars continue to support. Then he watched the movement take off and align with the Republican Party.In this episode, Ryan reflects on what it’s been like to see his long-held priorities suddenly gain traction. We ask about tensions around vaccines and whether MAHA’s alignment with MAGA is ultimately sustainable.Most importantly, we dig into his message for Democrats: embrace a modern, forward-looking health agenda that meets Americans where they are—while also calling out Republicans for, in his view, policies that run counter to what MAHA claims to stand for.Hosts: Brinda AdhikariTom JohnsonMaggie BartlettDr. Mark AbdelmalekGuest:Former Congressman Tim Ryan (D-OH), who served 10 terms in the United States House of Representatives.Recent articles by Tim Ryan on MAHA and health politics in America:https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/republicans-believe-maha-backing-farm-billhttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/05/democrats-rfk-jr-maha-healthy-foodhttps://www.statnews.com/2026/04/28/microplastics-nanoplastics-health-epa-trump-arpa-h/Thanks for listening! If you like us, please leave a review, rate us, and please subscribe! Got questions? Comments? We'd love to hear from you! Email us at questions@whyshoulditrustyou.net
